The drawing at the Sheraton Hotel was preceded by a moment of silence for Cue Bifelt of Huslia, the winner of the race in 1960, who passed away earlier this week.
The first leg of the three-day race will start at noon Friday downtown. The mushers will leave in the following order:
1. Brent Beck
2. Ken Chezik
3. Jack Berry
4. Mari Wood
5. Jeff Conn
6. Don Cousins
7. Michael Tetzner
8. Arleigh Reynolds
9. Greg Taylor
10. Randy DeKuiper
11. Bill Kornmuller
12. Will Kornmuller
13. Marvin Kokrine
14. Egil Ellis (winner 2005, 2011)
15. Nathan Sterling
16. John Erhart
17. Jon Bunderson (r)
18. Greg Selletin (r)
19. Rob Peebles (r)
20. Kevin Cook (r)
21. Danny Beck (r)
22. Guy Girard (r)
23. Marie-Anick Alie (r)
24. Ron Wordon (r)
(r) indicates rookie
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